girls:
498 births since 1964
#5218 (9th percentile)
boys:
388 births since 1969
#4198 (8th percentile)
overall:
886 births since 1964
#6853 (11th percentile)
The name Pasha is the #6,853 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 886 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,218 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 498 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,198 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 388 births since 1969.
Pasha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Pasha is available in 59 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (48 years for girls and 46 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Pasha has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Pasha were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (71.6% girls from 1964 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (70.0% boys from 2001 to 2023).
For girls, Pasha reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #727) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Pasha reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #903) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Pasha ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 55.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pasha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pasha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.6% confident that Pasha is pronounced as PAH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is puh-SHAH, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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